Xu Jianxue got up to clean up the table and served two cups of coffee to the two of them, Liu Zezhi inadvertently touched their hands when they took the coffee, Xu Jianxue was nothing, but Liu Zezhi retracted his hand uncomfortably like an electric shock, and the coffee cup almost smashed to the ground. Liu Zezhi's face turned red, and he hurriedly took it again, the hot coffee splashed on his hand, but he blurted out and asked, "Didn't it burn you?" I'll take a look-" took Xu Jianxue's hand and immediately let go: "I'm fine, don't look at it, you ...... What's that, Lao Zhou, let's talk about it. ”

Zhou Chengbin could only pretend not to see this embarrassment, and he couldn't talk about business at once, so he had to talk about him left and right: "Zezhi, it is said that Tanaka Katsuei has been undercover for many years, and human affection is the first element of survival. ”

Liu Zezhi replied with an unnatural smile: "What's not understanding about this?" When I was undercover, I was in danger all the time, I couldn't help myself, my personality was suppressed for too long, I returned to my own people, relaxed, my personality may become more obvious, and I will be very willful. I will do the same in the future...... This is wrong, how can I live to that day? Let's not talk about that, let's get down to business. ”

Zhou Chengbin said: "If Qiao Wenrong can be sent to the concentration camp as an internal response, it should not be difficult to figure out when Consul Edwards will be sent to the concentration camp. Seventeen or eighteen nautical miles? Need a boat ......"

"There's no need for that, is it? You can use the boat which you send to and from regularly to and fro. ”

Zhou Chengbin shook his head and said, "How many people can be transported away?" ”

Liu Zezhi was taken aback and asked, "What?" Could it be that you want to rescue more than Consul Edwards? He glanced at Zhou Chengbin: "You still want to rescue other diplomats from the British Consulate?" Do you want to blow up the concentration camps? Lao Zhou, I don't agree, we don't have this strength now, and it's not worth it for these gringos. ”

Zhou Chengbin tried to convince him: "Blow up the concentration camp? I don't have that much ambition, but the rest of the British consulate ...... Zezhi, can you think of a way to keep a few of them in one place? What is the situation with American diplomats, you also understand. ”

Liu Zezhi was very embarrassed: "Consul Edwards will definitely be locked up in a special cell at the end, and other people don't have this qualification, I'll try to find a way." How are you going to rescue? ”

Zhou Chengbin replied: "We must wait for the order of the bureau headquarters before we can decide." ”

Waiting for the command? Hasn't it already been decided to rescue Consul Edwards? Liu Zezhi immediately understood, and smiled helplessly: "Is there any other rescue target in the bureau headquarters?" It's not that they don't know the current situation of Shanghai Station......"

Zhou Chengbin replied: "The bureau headquarters also has difficulties, and there will be many places to rely on the Americans in the future. You should pay more attention to the situation of Americans in the concentration camps. At present, there is only one liaison station in Baiwei Zhai that can be used, and that liaison station knows too many people, and you should not go there unless it is absolutely necessary. I will do my best to inform you of the new contact information. ”

At seven o'clock in the evening of the 9th, Liu Zezhi returned to the concentration camp, there was still a ship unloading on the dock, and more than a dozen foreigners were carrying a lot of logs from the ship under the supervision of the military police, and Ye Shiwen of Yicheng Trading Company was also on board.

Asano led people to escort the prisoners transported by the ship into the concentration camp, and Liu Zezhi ordered Kawasaki Tetsuya: "Kawasaki-kun, you arrange for the six translators who came with the ship to stay first, and tell them not to leave the office area and walk around." Hello Asano-kun. ”

Asano smiled with a click: "Coming back?" Haven't eaten yet, have you? I just asked the cafeteria to make two servings of egg fried rice, so you can eat them together when I'm done. ”

"Okay. Four of the six interpreters were English translators and two were French, so I asked the city police department to recruit one more translator who knew Spanish and one who spoke Russian, and then I would go back to report back to work in three days and bring them over. Asano-kun, what are these pieces of wood for? ”

Asano replied with one click: "In addition to the furniture used in the concentration camp, we also have to make some to sell in the market, we can't keep these gringos for nothing, right?" In the future, there will be work for them to do that. ”

It turned out that the Japanese let the prisoners in the concentration camp serve as coolies, which was also reasonable, Liu Zezhi didn't ask more questions and returned to the dormitory.

After a while, Asano also came back, and the handyman delivered dinner, and after the two of them finished eating, Asano said with a key: "I'll go on patrol, you can rest." ”

Liu Zezhi had just finished taking a bath, Ye Shiwen came, and Liu Zezhi smiled: "Manager Ye, I saw you when I got off the boat just now, I didn't say hello in front of everyone, why are you here?" Please sit down, I'm also staying here for a few days, I don't have everything, drink some boiled water. ”

Ye Shiwen smiled: "Don't bother, boiled water is good." Director Ni took charge and handed over the business of processing furniture and handicrafts in the concentration camp to Yicheng Trading Company. I was going to return after unloading, there was a storm on the sea, and I decided to leave tomorrow temporarily, I saw you just now, and I wanted to chat with you, don't bother, right? ”

Liu Ze's heart moved, this is an opportunity that can be used. He smiled and replied, "What's the bother?" There's no need to be so polite between us, you're on a ship today? If you don't like it, you can spend the night with me, right? ”

"That's great, it's not convenient for anything on board, and the wind and waves are big."

At one o'clock in the afternoon of the twelfth day, Liu Zezhi came to the city police station, and Officer An greeted him: "Secretary Liu, you are here, take a look, I have recruited two people who know Spanish and four who know Russian, this is the resume of those six people." ”

Liu Zezhi praised casually: "There is such an achievement in such a short period of time, bother, I'll take a look." He flipped through his resume: "I can't see anything on my resume, just these two people, you investigate their backgrounds, if there is no problem, inform them that they will come to you tomorrow, and you take them to the No. 3 terminal of the Peace Pier to find me." ”

Back in office 76, Hirakawa Shinno said, "You're back?" Great, I have been working 24 hours a day for the past two days, eating and living in the office, and I can finally change shifts. ”

"Is Director Li here? The office building is empty, where have all the people gone? I can only change you for half a day, and I will go back at 1 pm tomorrow. ”

Hirakawa Shinno replied: "Director Li is still in Nanjing, and General Ono, who is in charge of the work, has also gone out. Everyone else is going about their own business. Half a day, I'll go back to the dormitory to change clothes and take a shower. ”

Liu Zezhi opened the work log: Edwards has been interrogated three times in the past few days, how is he doing now? I haven't heard that No. 76 has an operation against the military commanders, which shows that Edwards kept his faith.

Just when Liu Zezhi was hesitating to find an excuse to go to the basement cell to inquire about the situation of Edwards and the others, Ni Xin pushed the door in, and Liu Zezhi said, "Are you back?" The director is still in Nanjing, and General Ono is not there. ”

Ni Xin replied: "Then I'll wait for the general." Alas-" Ni Xin seemed to want to say something, but the words came to his lips and swallowed back.

Liu Zezhi took the initiative to say: "I met Manager Ye in the concentration camp, alas, no one's errand is as good as yours, how about it?" In the past two days, I have been ordered to raid my house and make a fortune, right? ”

Ni Xin smiled bitterly: "You still don't know who I am?" Unlike you, I'm not very interested in money. Besides, the Sino-Japanese war has entered the most difficult stalemate, and at this time, the competition is not only morale and strategy, but also money and materials, and every penny should be used on the blade. ”

Liu Zezhi said dissatisfiedly: "You mean I'm greedy for money? What do you mean? The director hasn't said that yet. Besides, what kind of reasoning are you talking to me? I didn't check on you. Since you are so high-spirited, why did you help Ye Shiwen do business? ”

"I'm not talking about you, I'm ...... Forget it, let's not talk about it. ”

The behind-the-scenes boss of Yicheng Trading Company is Li Shiqun, Li Shiqun himself is inconvenient to come forward, and ordered Ni Xin to come forward to peddle business, Ni Xin is reluctant, how dare he disobey?

The two tacitly knew each other, no one mentioned business anymore, chatted for a while, Ono Heiichiro came back, Liu Zezhi and Ni Xin got up to greet each other, Ono Heiichiro said to Ni Xin: "I have something to look for you, come in." ”

The next afternoon, at the Peace Wharf, Liu Zezhi saw Qiao Wenrong, a tall young man of twenty-five or six, tall and tall, with black hair, at first glance no different from ordinary Chinese, carefully examined, gray-blue eyes, high nose bridge, with some Caucasian features. There are two noticeable dimples when laughing.

A few people got on the boat, Qiao Wenrong said very little along the way, but he was very eye-catching, and he felt very cordial when he met Liu Zezhi for the first time, and for some reason this person reminded him of Liu Wu, his brother, and he smiled a little childish in his memory......

At five o'clock, the ship docked at the concentration camp wharf, Liu Zezhi got off the ship with two interpreters, and actually ran into Zhang Xiaodan, Zhang Xiaodan greeted him with a smile and handed over a cigarette: "Secretary Liu, you smoke, three or five cards." ”

Liu Zezhi took it, Zhang Xiaodan diligently lit a cigarette for him, and without waiting for Liu Zezhi to speak, he took the initiative to say: "Manager Ye sent me to install woodworking machinery and equipment, and also brought a few skilled workers. He looked around, pretended to be mysterious and said in a low voice: "Secretary Liu, this business is really cost-effective, and the labor is basically equal to zero." You know that traditional Chinese old-fashioned luodian mahogany furniture, in addition to raw materials, the cost of handwork is also considerable. ”

Liu Zezhi ordered someone to take Qiao Wenrong and another Spanish translator to wait in the office building, smoked two puffs of cigarettes, and said, "I heard that you are out of breath now!" In and out of the prostitution casino all day long, you can just mess with a few dollars, hum, next time you will cause trouble for me, wait to sit through the prison! I tell you: This is a concentration camp, don't talk nonsense, and when you go back to Shanghai, you have to take care of your mouth, do you understand? ”

Zhang Xiaodan said with a smile: "I know, if you hadn't interceded for me in front of Asano-kun last time, I would have been finished, and I will never forget your great kindness for the rest of my life, don't worry, I will never make trouble for you in the future." ”

Another boat docked at the dock, Asano personally led people to come over to guard, Liu Zezhi waved his hand and said, "You are busy with your go, I'll go over and take a look." ”

Asano nodded at Liu Zezhi with one click, and said: "You came back just in time, the first batch of prisoners in the special cell have been escorted over, and the work of registration, comprehensive physical examination, and prison entry procedures will be handled by you and me personally." ”

The armed gendarmes escorted seven or eight European and American men in handcuffs off the boat, Liu Zezhi looked at the group with a stern expression, and the third in line was Edwards, only to see that he looked haggard, difficult to walk, supported by an agent, difficult to move one step at a time, face, hands, neck, all exposed places, torture injuries could be seen everywhere, Liu Zezhi's heart sank, and he couldn't help but look at this foreigner with admiration.

This book originated from reading books